Stories from Tuesday, May 30, 1995

When Stacey Kanzler passed through Ste. Genevieve during a 1993 vacation, she was appalled by the flood disaster she observed but was impressed with the hundreds of volunteers who worked long hours to erect a floodwall. Hundreds of residents, volunteers, National Guardsmen and members of the U.S. Coast Guard worked tirelessly to barricade a majority of the community from the encroaching Mississippi River...

Darla Stow straightens the bow on a dress made from the watermelon fabric pattern which is popular this year. A variety of thread colors to match any type and color of fabric is available. Buttons come in all sizes and styles from heart-shaped to aniaml designs...

Two traffic accidents resulted in four fatalities in Southeast Missouri during the Memorial Day holiday. Nine accidents were reported in the region during the Memorial Day weekend. Three people were killed and another person was seriously injured in a one-vehicle accident Sunday afternoon on Interstate 55 near Appleton...

SIKESTON -- Once the flood waters recede and the cleanup begins, U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson, R-Cape Girardeau, is confident the Federal Emergency Management Agency will do its job. "FEMA will provide the kind of assistance to this area we saw in 1993," Emerson said after speaking to a Memorial Day gathering at the Sikeston Veterans Park Monday...

More than 480 flags, each placed in memory of a deceased veteran, lined the drive at North County Park Monday, fluttering in a strong, almost chilly breeze. To the large Memorial Day crowd at the park, the flags were more than symbols of the United States. They represented freedom; the freedom some veterans sacrificed their lives to preserve...

Paul Barragan, on-scene Coast Guard disaster response commander for Cape Girardeau, was finally able to think about something Monday other than sandbags, saturated levees and the next onslaught of rainfall. "I can smell the charcoal," Barragan said with noticeable enthusiasm around 1:30 p.m. Monday...

BENTON -- They sit along Highway 77, two miles east of Benton, a sea of tires piled far above the average adult's head. Neighbors say the tires are ugly and attract rats and mosquitoes. The Missouri Department of Natural Resources says they're illegal, and threatens to revoke site owner John Stephenson's tire-hauling permit because of them...

Our house used to be filled with stacks of Cosmopolitan magazine and Newsweek. But that was before Joni and I ventured into the world of parenthood. Today, we're covered with Parents magazine, whose monthly issues are full of tips on how to keep your child from turning into an ax murderer...

The three-day weekend that heralds the start of summer is over, complete with sunburns, water-sogged camping gear and highway fatalities. And, yes, there were some observances of the reason for the holiday: Memorial Day, which is observed on the last Monday in May in order to provide an extended weekend for the nation's workers...

While visiting recently with a member of the General Assembly on the third floor of the Missouri Capitol, a legislator and long-time acquaintance began discussing the alleged moral failings of a statewide official. Taking mental notes of what was being said, I noticed the state official in question was standing only a few feet away, close enough to overhear the loud, obscene phrases that were being used to describe his shortcomings. ...

It is likely that the Cape Girardeau City Council will ask voters to approve a sales tax earmarked for street improvements when they go to the polls Aug. 8. The Planning and Zoning Commission has recommended a half-cent sales tax for five years that would raise an estimated $17 million. This money would be combined with other funding to pay for some $26.4 million in improvements...

Lawrence J. Doiron, 66, of Glen Allen died Saturday, May 27, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 2, 1929, in Skowhgan, Maine. He married Jocelyn Summers seven years ago. Doiron was a retired barge tankerman. He was a World War II veteran of the U.S. Army and had lived in the Marble Hill area many years...

CHAFFEE -- Mary Ann Trankle, 90, Chaffee Route 2, died Sunday, May 28, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 4, 1905, at Leopold, daughter of John and Anna Niebur Schreckenberg. She and Joseph Frank Trankle were married Sept. 14, 1937. He died July 6, 1989...

ORAN -- Lawrence Joseph Heisserer, 82, Oran Route 1, died Monday, May 29, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 19, 1912, at Oran, son of Victor and Bertha Amelia Schott Heisserer. He and Mildred Clark were married Nov. 22, 1944...

Sylvia Goodpasture, 84, of 30 N. Hanover, Apt. 1, died Monday, May 29, 1995, at her home. She was born April 2, 1911, in Cape Girardeau, the daughter of Richard Sterling and Elizabeth Trader Price. On June 9, 1930, she married Alexander Goodpasture at Mound City, Ill. He preceded her in death on Feb. 22, 1959...

James L. "Jake" Roberts, 68, of 1004 Good Hope died Sunday, May 28, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born May 26, 1927, in Fancy Farm, Ky., the son of John and Florence Hobbs Roberts. He married Lois Marie Nye. Roberts was a Prudential Insurance agent and manager for 35 years. He was a member of St. Mary's Cathedral, Knights of Columbus Council 1027 of Cairo, Ill., and 4th Degree Assembly 0221 of Cairo. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II...

CHARLESTON -- Don B. Daughhetee, 70, of Charleston died Monday, May 29, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 4, 1924, at Poynor, Ark. the son of Lessie Cline Daughhetee and the late Elbert T. Daughhetee. On Dec. 5, 1946, he married Vena Morgan...

CHAFFEE--Florence Evelyn Harmon, 82, of Chaffee died Monday, May 29, 1995, at her home. Arrangements are incomplete at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee.

ANNISTON -- Funeral service for Dorothy Mae Knupp Kemp of Anniston will be held at 1:30 p.m. today at Shelby Funeral Chapel in East Prairie. The Rev. Amos Johnson will officiate, with burial in Anniston Cemetery. Kemp, 56, died Sunday, May 28, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, following an extended illness...

CHARLESTON -- Funeral service for Wilbur "Bo" French Sr. of Charleston will be held at 1 p.m. today at McMikle Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Gerald Collier officiating. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 9:30 a.m...

KARNAK, Ill. -- Funeral service for Carol Jean Krigsheuser of Karnak will be held at 11 a.m. today at St. Luke Lutheran Church in Olmsted. The Rev. David Kollmeyer will officiate, with burial in Masonic Cemetery at Grand Chain. Friends may call at the church from 8 a.m. to service time...

MESSLER -- Buford Cockrell, 82, of Messler, died Sunday, May 28, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 24, 1912, in Marmaduke, Ark., son of Ceasar and Siddie Payne Cockrell. Cockrell was a retired farmer. Survivors include a brother, Robert Cockrell of Cape Girardeau, and a sister, Letha Cockrell of Messler...

MARBLE HILL -- Thompson "Tom" Harris, 88, of Marble Hill, died Sunday, May 28, 1995, at his home. He was born May 15, 1907, in Pontotoc County, Miss., son of Furman and Lizzie Pearl Brown Harris. He and Pearl Masters were married Feb. 26, 1937. Harris was a retired press operator with Westvaco Paper Co. The family moved to this area in 1973 from St. Louis. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II...

CHARLESTON -- Harvey Lee Parker, 38, of Charleston, died Thursday, May 25, 1995, at his home. He was born Aug. 5, 1956, in Charleston, son of John and Willie Mae Parker. Parker was a farm laborer. Survivors include his wife, Candrice; two sons, Harvey Jr. ...

SIKESTON -- Clara Eula O'Guinn, 85, of Sikeston, died Sunday, May 28, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born March 25, 1910, in Lacy Springs, Ala., daughter of William S. and Thannie Hough Garrett. She married Henry Carthel O'Guinn. He preceded her in death...

A Curator's Scholarship to any University of Missouri Campus is awarded to the top student in the top three percent of their class, who has scored in the top ten percent on the ACT. April Thompson received this $3,500 cholarship to the University of Missouri, Columbia...

The local chapter of the International Reading Association has earned a National Honor Council award for its service to the community in the area of literacy. The group was honored for such programs as "reading sitting service," which was offered to children at the Missouri Council of the Arts' Craft Fair held in November...

"People with vision are able to see the future as if it were here and now. They make the possibilities so real through their imagination that they can operate as easily on the elements as a child plays with toys on the floor." -- From "Growing Open," a manuscript by Corliss McCallister, Ph.D., and J. Michael McCallister, Ph.D...

Dr. Corliss McCallister, an adjunct professor at Southeast Missouri State University, will spend June and July on a fellowship at private Northwood University at Midland, Mich. The fellowship with provide her with undisturbed time to work on the manuscript she is writing with her husband, Michael McCallister...

Coming up: May 31 -- Small business forum, 8 a.m., Executive Room at Holiday Inn, Cape Girardeau. June 1-2 -- Rural Economic Development Conference, 7:30 a.m., Southeast Missouri State University. Magna-Tel, an area business that manufactures magnets for advertising purposes, has donated $1,000 to Southeast Missouri State University, in appreciation for and to support the university's "Health Promotion Program Planning and Evaluation" course...

St. Francis Medical Center recently recognized 150 employees at the medical center's annual service awards banquet. The banquet at the Drury Lodge was held in conjunction with National Hospital Week. The St. Francis Board of Directors presented service pins and other commemorative items to St. ...

Keith A. Daum has joined Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems as a new account executive. Daum, of Nashville, Tenn., and his wife, Jeanette, are now residents of Cape Girardeau. Daum received his marketing degree from Middle Tennessee State University and has previous sales experience as a territory manager in Nashville...